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Monday, 2 March 2015

A little taster...

So with Synthetica being released in less than a month, and this being my first promo post, I thought I'd give you a little sneak peek of what you can expect from the book.

Synthetica, for those of you who are new to this blog, is my debut YA sci-fi novel. You can read the blurb here, but in a nutshell, it's about seventeen-year-old Anais Finch, who becomes tangled up in a murder plot by a sociopathic killer, who doesn't care who he hurts on his path of destruction. Anais is rapidly running into danger and out of time, but can she find the killer before it's too late?

Sound good? Excellent. Now that that's whet your appetite (I hope), read on for an exclusive excerpt from Synthetica!

To celebrate the release of Synthetica, I've decided to post the prologue below for you all to read. I would do it on a PDF, but I never did get the hang on posting a PDF onto the internet...so until I figure that out, enjoy the excerpt below:

"The green
light flashed. Finally, the program was online.

He paused, staring at the computer
screen, hardly daring to believe it. The computer was an antique from
the 21st Century, but using such old technology had its advantages.
For one, it meant that its software didn't register on modern
computer models, making it laughably easy to hack into any new
system. These people truly were arrogant if they believed themselves
to be untouchable.

Well, he was just about to prove to
them just how wrong they were.

He skimmed the text with an expert
eye, registering certain details as they leapt out at him. ID number,
name, age, job title, where they lived, even what they ate last week.
His laugh was muffled by the black mask strapped across the lower
half of his face. This was almost too easy. It was almost as if they
wanted to die.

His fingers flew over the keyboard
as he typed in commands, the computer whining as he pushed it to its
maximum capacity. He pressed the 'Enter' key without pausing.

Whilst he waited for confirmation
that his command had been sent, his grey eyes wandered over to the
small box of picochips on the desk; their silver and bronze whorls
twinkling in the half light. If this test worked...these tiny wonders
he created were about to change the world.

Ten years. Ten years he'd been
waiting for this moment. Waiting for them to mess up. Waiting for
them to create something he could manipulate to his own ends. And
finally, it was here. All of his waiting and planning would finally
pay off.

The computer beeped, telling him
that his command had been accepted by the host. Behind his mask he
smiled a cold, cruel smile.

Time to see what Mr Smithson was
capable of. He wondered, just for the briefest of seconds, if Mr
Smithson had any objection to becoming a murderer. Not that it
mattered if he did – he'd be dead in a few hours anyway."

So that's it for now! Hope you enjoyed the excerpt! If you did, don't forget to check back all throughout March for more teasers and more information on Synthetica!

Thank you so much Kristin :)! I'm glad you liked it! Well, I did try and organise a tour, but I haven't heard anything back from the people organising it, so I don't know if that's going ahead yet :S. Thank you! I will do ;)!